Les Papillons

Les Papillons was billed as a romantic ballet in a single act with music by Robert Schumann arranged by Nicholas Tchérepnine. Mikhail Fokine created its choreography, and its scenery was provided by Doboujinsky , while Léon Bakst designed its costumes. It was danced first at St. Petersburg in 1912, and it was brought to Monte Carlo for its first presentation outside Russia on 16 April 1914. This performance was mounted by Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets russes , who staged it in Paris for the first…